Tips To Fix iOS 9 WiFi Problems On iPhone, iPad, iPod touch

WiFi issues on iOS seem like they’ve been a part of the iOS cycle forever now. As more and more people hop onto the iOS 9 bandwagon, news is dropping in that adopters are experiencing deteriorated WiFi performance on their devices since the update. There’s no official fix for this yet, but there are some tips that could help alleviate these issues.

So without wasting anymore time, lets jump to business!

Reboot your iOS device, modem and router

One of the foremost procedure when experiencing WiFi issues on your iPhone or iPad, is to reboot the device, and if that doesn’t work out, you should try and reboot your modem and connected routers. This may sound like a simplistic approach, but it does fix the issue in most cases.

Forget WiFi Network

If rebooting your iDevice and modem/router does not fix the issue(s), you can try forcing the device to forget the connected WiFi network. To do this, simply launch the Settings app and navigate to Wi-Fi and tap on the ‘i’ button located next to the connected network. Hit the Forget This Network button, and you’re good to go.

Now try and reconnect to the network once again to see if this fixes your problem.

Reset Network Settings

If the above mentioned steps are not leading to much success, you can try and reset the full network settings on your device. However you should know that doing so, “will clear your current cellular and Wi-Fi network settings, including saved networks, Wi-Fi passwords, and VPN settings”. If that is OK with you, launch the Settings app and navigate to General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.

Toggle Wi-Fi Assist

iOS 9 features a new Wi-Fi Assist option that basically switches to your Cellular connection automatically whenever it detects problematic WiFi connection. Toggle this option to on and then off from Settings > Cellular > Wi-Fi Assist to see if this fixes the problem. Your mileage may vary with this. You can learn more about this feature here: Why And How To Enable iOS 9 WiFi Assist Feature On iPhone.

Use OpenDNS or Google DNS

In certain situation when your Internet is too slow, changing your ISP fetched DNS server to an OpenDNS or Google DNS can fix that issue, just like on a computer. To do this, simply tap the ‘i’ button next to your connected WiFi network, and tap the number appearing next to DNS. Here, you can enter a Primary DNS and Secondary DNS, both separated by a comma. Once entered, simply exit settings and take Safari for a spin.

Google DNS: 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4

OpenDNS: 208.67.222.123, 208.67.220.123

Disable Location Services For Wi-Fi Networking

Some users have reported that disabling Wi-Fi Networking in Location Services has done the trick for them. To do this, launch the Settings app and navigate to Privacy > Location Services > System Services, and disable Wi-Fi Networking. Reboot your iPhone.

I updated to 9 on the ipad mini last night. Wifi kept saying full connection but it kept acting like it was timing out, pages never loading, online apps unplayable, messages in messenger never loading. I restarted my router and my ipad. I turned of then on the wifi on the ipad and it prompted me for a password. I tried many times and it said invalid. (This was a small popup box asking for this.) Gave up and restarted ipad. It reconnected to wifi without asking for a Password. In 20 min I was finally able to get a google search going but was never able to open any of the links. Again full wifi connection but little loading symbol just tirning and load bar never rising. I then went to drop network. Restarted ipad again and went to connect to my home wifi. Was promped this time by the normal pop-up to enter my key. It kept saying wrong key (after over 20 attemps) I restarted ipad AGAIN and tried again to enter the key and this time it worked. Now I’m here and hoping the nightmare is almost over. I don’t think the assisted wifi option on the phones is the real issue since I have this problem on my ipad and not on an iphone.

None of these fixes short of a clean reinstall worked for my iPad 4. Wifi icon shows full-strength signal, but can’t load websites, and Speedtest app says “no internet connection”. Reinstall is next.

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Ali Ahamed Thowfeek

FIXED!!

Hi, I went through all fixes found on the internet. Nothing worked.

Then i logged into my Router and found that my iphone mac address was blacklisted by the router. I erased it – save – BOOM. there you go, youre done works like a charm.

By the way to find your iphones mac address, go to Settings > General > About > WiFi Address

*Im no geek or anything, but the devices are doing something that the routers dont like, so they just blacklist them i guess.

Maxime Robinson

im having a wifi problem but only with my router… the wifi signal is at the strongest, but the loading icon seem to load Forever, so i turn off n on wifi, works fine for a few mins, then it comes back again, some times the problem isint there at all for awhile, but then it *ucking comes back. tryed all the shitty steps on this page nothing does it, im starting to think its the router, went in the setting , evrey time i change some thing, it works fine for for a few mins, then the problem comes back again lol… any 1 else ever had this problem ? is there some thing special u must do in the router setting when u programme it for the 1st time ?

yeah, 1st u must see if the problem only happens with this 1 router, if it does, its the router the problem, i bought a new one for 35$ and the problem is fixed 🙂 , i geuss there was a default in the router and reseting it would nt fix any thing permenantly.

Clearwater WM

My issue was not connectivity, but good speed on Macbook and slow (virtually dead internet connection(s)) on my iPad & iPhone. This article was a great help, thank you. For me, the fix was changing to the Google DNS settings on my iPhone & iPad – the MacBook was already configured. By using the Google DNS settings across all my devices I now how good speed across the board. Your article saved me a lot of head scratching, so thank yo again for taking the time to publish this informative guide.

Luther Blissett

Im having the same issues after upgraded to an Iphone 6s and did a restore from my old phone, now the wifi is stuck loading.